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In 1985, Patrick was the lone House supporter of the unsuccessful attempt to authorize [[English]] as the official language of Texas. His House Concurrent Resolution 13 died in the State Affairs Committee. Patrick said that his resolution was more important than having a "state bird." In subsequent sessions of the legislature, the move toward Official English gained supporters, including Talmadge Heflin of [[Houston, Texas|Houston]], but never enough members to approve enactment of a law.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hI7kG1x237kC&pg=PA160&lpg=PA160&dq=Kae+T+Patrick&source=bl&ots=cLtrlly_L-&sig=XL6IyQMTXsqjNGO0clpb7M0fsaI&hl=en&sa=X&ei=HWbmVIGABYefgwTfuoCYBQ&ved=0CCMQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=Kae%20T%20Patrick&f=false|title=Nativism Reborn?: The Official English Language Movement and the American States|author=Raymond Tatalovich|publisher=[[University of Kentucky]] Press]]|location=Lexington, Kentucky|page=166|accessdate=January 16, 2021}}</ref>
In 1985, Patrick was the lone House supporter of the unsuccessful attempt to authorize [[English]] as the official language of Texas. His House Concurrent Resolution 13 died in the State Affairs Committee. Patrick said that his resolution was more important than having a "state bird." In subsequent sessions of the legislature, the move toward Official English gained supporters, including Talmadge Heflin of [[Houston, Texas|Houston]], but never enough members to approve enactment of a law.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hI7kG1x237kC&pg=PA160&lpg=PA160&dq=Kae+T+Patrick&source=bl&ots=cLtrlly_L-&sig=XL6IyQMTXsqjNGO0clpb7M0fsaI&hl=en&sa=X&ei=HWbmVIGABYefgwTfuoCYBQ&ved=0CCMQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=Kae%20T%20Patrick&f=false|title=Nativism Reborn?: The Official English Language Movement and the American States|author=Raymond Tatalovich|publisher=[[University of Kentucky]] Press]]|location=Lexington, Kentucky|page=166|accessdate=January 16, 2021}}</ref>
In 1983, ''Texas Monthly'' [[magazine]] classified Patrick, along with Senfronia Thompson of Houston and Erwin Barton of Pasadena, as "Used Furniture," meaning among the most inconsequential of legislators in that particular session.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.texasmonthly.com/content/ten-best-and-ten-worst-legislators/page/0/11|title=The Ten Best and The Ten Worst Legislators|author=Paul Burka|publisher=''Texas Monthly''|date=July 1983|accessdate=February 23, 2015}}</ref> Patrick resigned from the House on February 1, 1988; a few months later, [[Moderate Republican]] Jeff Wentworth was elected to succeed him.
In 1983, ''Texas Monthly'' [[magazine]] classified Patrick, along with Senfronia Thompson of Houston and Erwin Barton of Pasadena, as "Used Furniture," meaning among the most inconsequential of legislators in that particular session.<ref>Paul Burka, "The Best Ten and Ten Worst legislators," ''Texas Monthly,'' July 1983.</ref> Patrick resigned from the House on February 1, 1988; a few months later, [[Moderate Republican]] Jeff Wentworth was elected to succeed him.
Patrick is divorced from the former Joyce Lynn von Scheele (born 1940), the daughter of Edgar Harry von Scheele, Sr., and Vivian H. von Scheele (1918-2010). The couple has at least two children, Dane Herman "Kelly" Patrick and Kae Lynn Patrick Kinne. Joyce subsequently married Rodney Carlyle "Rod" Keller, Sr.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/sanantonio/obituary.aspx?pid=142330870#sthash.hcjQwbBm.dpuf|title=Vivian von Scheele (former mother-in-law of Kae T. Patrick)|publisher=''The San Antonio Express-News''|date=April 29, 2010|accessdate=February 23, 2015}}</ref>
Patrick is divorced from the former Joyce Lynn von Scheele (born 1940), the daughter of Edgar Harry von Scheele, Sr., and Vivian H. von Scheele (1918-2010). The couple has at least two children, Dane Herman "Kelly" Patrick and Kae Lynn Patrick Kinne. Joyce subsequently married Rodney Carlyle "Rod" Keller, Sr.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/sanantonio/obituary.aspx?pid=142330870#sthash.hcjQwbBm.dpuf|title=Vivian von Scheele (former mother-in-law of Kae T. Patrick)|publisher=''The San Antonio Express-News''|date=April 29, 2010|accessdate=February 23, 2015}}</ref>